Only 1 in 10 doctors would commit euthanasia if bill passes in Portugal: ethicist
At least four different proposals are under consideration in the country following an initial push for end-of-life legislation by the Bloc of the Left.
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Articles tagged Assisted Suicide
Massachusetts OKs assisted suicide vote for 2012 ballot
Euthanasia advocates now need to find 69,000 signatures from registered Massachusetts voters in order to get the question on the November 2012 ballot.
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Quebec lawyer seeks right to euthanasia for woman with Lou Gehrig’s disease
Rene Duval, a 64-year-old retired lawyer who still practices full time, has agreed to take Ginette Leblanc's case pro bono.
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How I helped my mother starve to death: retired New York Times reporter pens book
“So here we were, my mother and I, wishing that she were terminally ill and feeling a bit creepy about it,” Jane Gross writes about her conversations with her mother about her death wish.
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One of two lawsuits challenging Canadian assisted suicide law dismissed
Judge Smith ruled the Farewell Foundation’s case did not have standing because the suit was filed on behalf of anonymous members.
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BC judge fast tracks demand for assisted suicide by Lou Gehrig’s disease patient
A British Columbia Supreme Court Justice agreed Wednesday to fast track the lawsuit of a Lou Gehrig's disease sufferer seeking doctor-assisted suicide.
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Bishop Morlino: gauging ‘quality of life’ an excuse to ‘pull up the hearse’
"When we start evaluating the quality of somebody else's life, that means we're asking them to pull up the hearse. Get the hearse ready," said Bishop Robert Morlino.
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New ‘Dr. Death’ admits to assisting the deaths of 300 in U.S.
Jack Kevorkian, who died in June of natural causes, was the first to earn the title “Dr. Death,” after he claimed to have assisted in the suicides of about 130 people between 1990 and 1998.
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Bill to outlaw dehydration euthanasia passed by Italy’s lower house
The national debate in Italy over advance directives and passive euthanasia follows the dehydration death of a young brain damaged woman, Eluana Englaro, in 2009.
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Assisted suicide advocates teaching at Catholic universities: Report
The report follows on the heels of the approval of a statement by the U.S. bishops condemning assisted suicide, and warning of an “aggressive nationwide campaign” to legalize the deadly practice.
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